Lokasenna
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Instead of going to the pool 2 hours ago and impressing all the impressionable young lifeguards, I did up a lot of screen shots. Maybe I'll still go after I post these  .
Starting with the busiest and moving down to the least busy...
Operation Dino Droppings - 11/11/42 update
So much going on here. It's probably better to organize this by goal/intent, as so many of the means for each end are moving through and around each other.
Goal: Build up airbases for the RAF and Tenth USAAF
You can see progress in the screenshot...
I discovered recently that the bigger the base, the better the supply flow. This seems to apply to this area as well as NW Australia. As such, I'm building like a fiend pretty much everywhere, including forts (which also increase supply flow). Akyab forts hit 6, and the base hasn't seen a yellow ! in about a week so supply is finally flowing decently. Cox's Bazar is lagging behind.
Chittagong is almost fully built out, with over 700K fuel for some reason. Dacca and Comilla are at Level 8 and Level 7 respectively, with 150 Av Supp at each. Dimapur has only recently begun building out. Imphal is making reasonable progress. Kalemyo has a couple levels of forts, but no point building the airfield until supply flow is better and Av Supp is in place.
I have many Av Supp units spreading out through the area. The intent is to hold onto the jungle and eventually (1943-1944) force him into the open terrain of central Burma. The Manchurian army may show up here, or it may not - MM has mentioned buying out divisions from Chungking, presumably for use in the Pacific.
I have even managed to have some supply flow to the Chinese in the jungle outside Myitkyina. The troops at Warazup seem to be entirely reliant upon air drops for supplies at the moment, and Katha seems to be getting a trickle from Imphal.
Goal: Destroy the Imperial Guards Division and 10th Division at Warazup
Some Chinese units have already filled out a little and taken supply from Ledo.
Basically, I have the units at Warazup cut off. He screwed up recently and moved the 14th Tank Regiment back from the hex to the NE, allowing me to immediately move in the 1 Chinese Corps and HQ there, as well as the 1200 AV of Chinese to the east. Once I have those in Warazup's hex, I'll be confident that I can defeat the Japanese there. A brigade of Chindits is also present.
Chindits and 95% of an Indian 42 Brigade are at Katha. I will airlift them out, as I expect to be overwhelmed by Japanese reinforcements within a week or two. For now, they're cutting his rail line. Every combat with the Japanese has seen them with a supply (-)  . I'm moving armor in from Kalemyo and Imphal to continue to cut the supply line to Warazup - good Indian/British units that don't withdraw and have been upgraded. It takes forever to move through the jungle with them, but I'm almost through...
Unfortunately, he is moving to open the hex side from the SW of Warazup. I only have 2 Chinese HQs in the 2 hexes E/SE of there, but they will move to occupy that hex as soon as he opens the hex side - I will move to it in 3 days, vs. the 10+ days it will take him to move out of Warazup. I also have Chinese corpsmen coming up from the SE...
Goal: Extricate the Chinese from the Paoshan mountains area
He has a large stack of tanks and at least one ID just NE of Paoshan. So far, the Paoshan garrison has been "stealth" moving to the NW. The top unit in the stack will remain behind to hide their movement. Once I'm off the road and into the mountains, his tanks won't be able to catch me. Same deal with my stack to the NE of Paoshan. I am losing several thousand Chinese in each attack, about twice a week, but most of my units have escaped already. He is periodically bombing to try to slow my progress, but Reserve Mode is serving me well. I'm moving for Myitkyina for now and will reevaluate destinations at that time. Some Corps have 350+ AV, others less than 50. Some will head for Ledo (then Calcutta, which has India Command HQ) and the Golden Mountain of Supply, but I can see myself leaving some in place depending on the deployment of the enemy.
I have a healthy-ish Chinese Corps and HQ at Lashio, which trashed the 4th RTA Division and sent them to the NE. My Corps is trying to escape what is probably an IJA Division and then some, pincering in from the E and W.
Chinese Base Forces are already in the NE Burma jungle, heading to Ledo. Halfway-built-out Chinese Corps, 3 of them, are moving SW from Ledo to help out with the Japanese. Should be fun.
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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 
. We'll see if it ends up making enough of a difference for him. 
. Eventually I will be able to load up at Townsville, sail north along the coast, and remain under fighter cover the entire time. I should be able to take Terapo and Port Morseby with relative ease once I have this area built up, and have my assault shipping. It will still require CV/CVE support, but if I come at Moresby from the west I will be in a favorable position to engage any appearance by KB. 
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